The Fire and Knowledge blog has interviewed Joe Thorn, a great guy who was instrumental in helping me get this blog up and running a year and a half ago. Joe mentioned his liking the Harry Potter series, and he was asked about the Christian opposition to the series and whether or not Christians can benefit from reading Harry Potter:
One of the benefits that comes from reading good fiction (and fantasy in particular) is that it explores universal questions, struggles and themes in an extraordinary context with characters we can identify with and learn from. Harry Potter is a character who is concerned for the afflicted, seeks justice, protects the innocent and is willing to give his own life for the lives of others.
Read the entire interview here. Also, I’ve added Joe’s blog to the Links page (I was shocked and appalled to see it wasn’t already linked! Bad oversight on my part.)
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One of the criticisms mounted against the series was that Harry Potter only risked danger for those he cared about. However when Harry went on a limb to protect his annoying and bullying cousin Dudley in the beginning of OOTP, it laid that criticism to rest. Congratulations on SoG getting props.